Celebrity & Hero Witnesses Support Equal Access To Communications and Video Technologies; To Provide Critical Capitol Hill Testimony Today. -May 1, 2008
AAPD Protests to HHS about Elimination of Section 508 Accessibility Recommendations for Health Information Technology; letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt. -April 25, 2008
Transition from Analog to Digital Television - Consumer Alert! Information and resources. -April 7, 2008
Comments of Claude Stout Executive Director, Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Inc., at an FCC workshop to address issues related to ensuring that consumers with disabilities are prepared for the 2009 digital television transition. -February 28, 2008
AAPD Comments to the National Alliance for Health Information Technology in regard to the definition of Electronic Health Records (EHRs). -February 28, 2008
AAPD Lauds United Nations G3ICT Initiative for Including Disability Perspectives at Digital Cities Wireless Roundtable. -December 12, 2007
Strengthening their bonds - Online communication enhances relationships for those with disabilities. -November 26, 2007
AAPD Letter to FCC Supports New Rule that Bans Exclusivity Clauses for Cable TV Providers in Multi-Dwelling Units. -November 7, 2007
COAT Coalition Witness Claude Stout of TDI Testifies - to the U.S. House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet on the problems for persons with disabilities during the transition from analog to digital television. -October 17, 2007
Problems in Digital Television Transition - Press Release: Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology Testifies Before Congress. -October 17, 2007
Study: Disabled less likely to be online - Americans with disabilities and other chronic conditions are less likely to use the Internet. -October 11, 2007
AOL, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo! Unite to Advance Online Media Captioning. -October 10, 2007
Recommendations for Consumer Education that is disability friendly during the digital TV transition - Comments submitted to the Federal Communications Commission by the 120-member Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology (COAT). October 1, 2007
Suit Against Target Over Access By Blind Gets Class-Action Status. -October 3, 2007
Disability Coalition supports H.R. 3403, The 911 Modernization and Public Safety Act of 2007, for including disability specific planning requirements for Internet-connected 911 Service Centers. -September 19, 2007
Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology (COAT) Press Release About Problems in Digital Television Transition for Persons with Disabilities that summarizes the concerns and issues for people with vision loss and for people who use closed captioning during the digital television transition. -August 16, 2007
Disability Coalition Tells FCC About Digital TV Transition Problems for People With Disabilities, comments from the 100-member Coalition of Organizations for Accessible Technology (COAT). -August 9, 2007
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